I tend to agree with Ron here... a close inspection of the photograph included with the article shows NO method of securing the sideplate and NO method of securing the upper assembly in the grip frame...
At high magnification, most of the photo gets very pixelated but the front edge of the grip frame remains a sharp line... caused me to suspect the origin of image and when I came back to report, Ron Wood had beaten me to the speculation
There is also mention in the article that this gun was to be READY in 2001. Somehow I don't think it made it... but will try not to be too skeptical until we get some feedback from Tacfoley on his response from DWJ...
another P.S.
The actual wording in the article about production is:
"to 1.04.2001 we will be in large quantities on the market. The word of honor!"
Now I know this is a Russian website, but if you check the date ( in overseas format ) it is actually 4/1/2001 the way we would write it... which is April Fools day here...
The plot thickens!